Photo gallery of travel destinations in Vancouver

Gastown has been designated as a national historic site of Canada.Stuart Davis
/ Canwest News Service

Stanley Park in Vancouver.Glenn Baglo
/ Canwest News Service

A man goes for a walk in the sunshine through Chinatown, along Pender Street in Vancouver's downtown.Peter Battistoni
/ Canwest News Service

Service at the Burrard Bridge Marine Bar and Grill in Vancouver.Steve Bosch
/ Vancouver Sun

The Alex Fraser Bridge in Vancouver just before the lightning storm.Howard Matwick
/ Special to Canwest News Service

Vancouver's award-winning Convention Centre expansion features a 'living roof.' Created to extend a folded landscape up from Stanley Park, it uses treated blackwater from the building's toilets.Arlen Redekop file
/ Canwest News Service

Compared to Toronto, the architecture of Vancouver's skyline is young, most of it having been rebuilt since 1981. The new look has inspired novelist Douglas Coupland to call it the "city of glass."Mark van Manen
/ Special to Canwest News Service

A view of the Vancouver skyline across English Bay. The British Columbia city ranked fourth in Mercer's top 20 best places to live.Doug Pensinger
/ Getty Images

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